i am just curious... what exactly is the difference between the official kernel.org kernels, and the gentoo kernels. i downloaded the 2.6.7 kernel straight away, compiled it and it worked fine on my machine. the gentoo portage site says that the gentoo kernels are patched? why? with what?

If I understand correctly, the patches are for latency so that you can still actually use your box when you go compiling 20 different things and have 50 thousand terminals open (exaggeration obviously). I use the vanilla 2.6.7 instead of the gentoo-patched 2.6.5-r1 and haven't noticed any significant speed decreases though..._________________~~ Peter: Programmer, Mathematician, STEM & Free Software Advocate, Enlightened Agent, Transhumanist, Fedora contributor
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